12' high by 12' wide and 6' deep, the diminuative 72 square foot Swiss chalet gingerbread house inside TAPS Fish House and brewery at Dos Lagos in Corona is nothing short of enchanting.
Carpenter-designed framing crafted off-site, the structural integrity was assured when it was brought into the restaurant to be sheathed in a gingerbread recipe by Culinary Director Tom Hope. With a stained glass front window of rolled butterscotch, the inside sprayed with chocolate icing, it was time for "the crew" of 8 to get to work on gluing decorative touches with icing.
400 pounds of gingerbread
750 pounds of icing
95 pounds of vanilla wafers
20 pounds of marshmallows
and a gazillion holiday candies
100 man-hours- Anyone care to calculate the calories?
If your inner-child isn't already for the cheerfulness of the season- get a gander at the complex character made by the balloon-master.
THIS IS FANTASTIC!!! Truly Amazing....! Do they do this every year? It is such an enormous undertaking and no doubt quite costly, too....But, if this doesn't put you in the mood fpr Christmas....nothing will! (lol)
ReplyDeleteThank you, my dear....This Is Truly Beautiful!
Wow wow wow. I calculated the calories given the weight of the ingredients you posted and used USDA nutrient database (and assumed 500lbs of jelly bean type candies) and came up with around 3.5 million calories. However. There wasn't a calorie value for glue so we may be off a bit...
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Naomi and Nikki,
ReplyDeleteI am laughing out loud at the calorie estimate. That is A LOT of sit-ups):-
Gingerbread houses have always been a source of wonder for me,
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Mary Ann
I was thinking, Lydia, that anyone attempting those 3.5 million calories will also have a really really bad stomach ache! Merry Christmas, my friend.
ReplyDeleteHi I know the balloon guy and I helped make tha gingerbread house!!!!
ReplyDeleteKarissa- if you do another- I should love to see how one so giant is crafted.
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